Soap-dish



A. L. CHEAK.

SOAP DISH.

APPLICATION FI'LED FEB. 15, 1921.

1,380,288.-v Patented May 31, 1921.

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AMY LEATHERS CREATE, 91" 1V ADDY, KENTUCKY.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ihMY LnA'rHnRs CHEAK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at W addy, in the county of Shelby and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dishes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a soap receptacle.

The object of the invention is the provision of a soap dish or holder inwhich the drippings from a wet cake of soap are received in a suitablecompartment therein, the device beingprovided with air openings wherebya sufficient amount of air can enter the soap receptacle and mixing withthe water therein will retain the cake of soap in a dry unhardenedcondition.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction,combination and operative arrangement of parts, such as is disclosed bythe drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a soap dish or holderconstructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough the improvement.

The improved soap dish or holder is construrted of any desired materialand may be ornamented; The improvement includes a hollow base 1, that ispreferably cylindrical in cross section and which has, adjacent itslower and outwardly rounded bottom portion a series of apertures 2 thatprovide air inlets. On the base there is a tubular extension 3, that,adjacent to its upper end, is provided with airapertures 4c. Prefen ablythe tubular member 3 is interiorly threaded at its upper or outer end toreceive thereon an inner annular threaded flange 5 on a disk 6. The diskprovides the holding element for the cake of soap.

Integrally formed with the tube 3, adjacent to its connection with thebase 1, is a globular bowl 8. This bowl is interiorly provided with aninwardly directed upwardly flared flange 9, the said flange, near itsconnection with the bowl having spaced air inlet apertures 10therethrough. The flange, at its inner end is formed with anSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, .1921.

Application filed February 15, 1921. Serial No. 445,293.

upstanding flange 11 that is designed to engage with a downturned flange12 that is peripherally formed on the disk 6. The bowl 8, adjacent tothe open top thereof is provided with a series of air inlet apertures13, and the said top is closed by a removable cover 14.

The soap rests on thedisk or holder 6. The moisture therefrom willpass'through the spaces 15 between the lugs or flanges 7 and on to theinclined flange or partition 9, through the apertures 10 therein intothe water receptacle 16 that is provided between the bottom of the bowland the tube 3. Air is admitted to the water chamber 16 through theapertures 2 in the base 1 and the aper- 7 may be readily removed fromthe tube and partition, and by removing the cover the water receptaclemay be drained.

It is thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connectionwith the drawings will fully set forth the construction and advantagesof the improvement to those skilled in the art to which such inventionsrelate, and therefore further detailed description will not beattempted.

Having' described claim g 1. In a soap holder, an apertured base havinga tubular extension, a globular body in egrally for ed on andsurrounding the extension, said body having a partition .directedupwardly and toward but spaced from the upper end of the tubular member,a soap holder removably connected to the end ofthe tubular member andresting on the partition, and said body partition, tubular member andbase having air inlet apertures.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, a hollow apertured base havinga reduced centrally arranged tubular extension, apertured adjacent tothe outer end thereof and the invention, I

having its said outer end threaded, a globular body integrally formed onthe tube and inclosing the upper end thereof, said body having an upperopen end and having apertures adjacent said end, a closure for the openportion of the body, an upwardly inclined angularly disposed aperturedpartition in the body having a straight flange which terminates in'aline with the upper erd of the tube, a disk having a central annularthreaded flange to engage with the threads of the disk, and said diskhaving a peripheral flange which is arranged over the flange of thepartition.

In testimony whereof I afiix'rny signature.

MRS. AMY LEATHERS CHEAK.

